Thread: Sand Driving and Terrain Response

Thanks for all the ideas. I did select sand mode and then DSC. DSC was selected correctly (push and hold) as the triangle icon appeared on the dash. Everything seems to start out OK and then the vehicle gets slower.

Strangely normal mode worked fine. I was also able to use slower modes and emergency height to easily get out of the bog. No problems there.

I tried driving the car on the road today in sand mode and only got a few hundred metres when I lost all power. Selected normal and everything OK. Later in the day went back to sand mode and everything OK.

I think I have some sort of selector problem.

Something definately not right.
Could be software or a wheel speed sensor.
Back to dealer methinks.

Sounds like software maybe. I used to have a similar thing happen if I turned the dial too quickly. If I spun the dial rapidly to sand, the car would lose power completely. It stopped happening after a service so I assume a software upgrade was done.

Whats emergency height???? is there something beyond extended

Page 180 of the manual

Once you bottom out the car will automatically raise itself to extended height. With the brake on, hold down the raise button (for 3 seconds or some such) and up she goes.

I know this is an old thread but I am having similar problems on sand ie lack of power. The landrover dealers state that I should have no problems at all on the sand but I tend to dissagree. I have owned a number of other similar size 4x4s and have found the landrover to be the worse performer on the beach. Maybe it's just me.

The dealer also said that DSC should be left on, apparently that's what they were taught on some offroad land rover driver training they did.

The driving manual also states that DSC should be turned off only if you don't have all terrian response for driving on the sand. I had it turned it off.

I must say I'm little dissapointed.

Guss,

What are you driving? The GCLRO just came back from 5 days on Fraser Island. In our group we had two D3 V6 and one RRS TDV6 and covered some 400+ kms while on the Island. No dramas with traction or speed for any of us (apart from me getting stuck though driver error ).

I for one had sand mode on and DSC off the whole time.

Are you aware that DSC has to be set off after selecting sand mode, as changing modes resets DSC to on?